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Mexican president Vicente Fox begins a four-day trip to the United States Tuesday.

His government has recently complained about U.S. border security efforts.

But some critics suggest lawmakers should ask president Fox how Mexico Deals with illegal aliens and even legal immigrants.

Immigrants in Mexico are denied many basic rights guaranteed to native-born Mexicans.

"They also discriminate against people who are even naturalized citizens of Mexico," says J. Michael Waller of the Institute of World Politics. "There's a lot of foreign immigration into Mexico, especially from Asia, and these people will never have the same rights as a native-born Mexican citizen."

Legal immigrants can't hold jobs in the Mexican government or join the military. Foreigners can't own property near Mexico's coast or borders.

They can't even join the clergy.

Yet Mexico's government continues to complain about U.S. Proposals to control illegal immigration, with no response from the Bush administration.

"The idea that Mexico is criticizing us for unduly harsh immigration measures is laughable," Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies. "The problem here is that we are not standing up for our own national interest, not that Mexico is pursuing its national interest."

Immigrants in Mexico are also banned from politics. May first clearly demonstrated no such restriction in the United States.

"The people who took to the streets want to be involved, want to be citizens and want to register to vote."

In fact, the featured speaker at a recent citizenship and voter registration drive was Renan Almendarez, a former illegal alien who now promotes amnesty as a Los Angeles DJ.

Nicknamed El Cucuy, Spanish for boogeyman, Almendarez is revered by Latino politicians seeking to expand their constituencies.

"El Cucuy and myself are committed to, this time around, registering over 1 million immigrants here in California and throughout the southwest," says Fabian Nunez of the California State Assembly.

California, for example, doesn't require voters to prove they are citizens. Mexico does, and voters must carry a secure id card.

Some states allow illegal aliens to have driver's licenses. Drivers licenses are available only to legal residents in Mexico.

The Mexican constitution also allows the government to expel any foreigner from the country for any reason and without due process.

U.S. immigration courts are often criticized for having trouble deporting even violent criminals.